A single person in the UK now needs to earn £30,500 a year to “participate in society” and "live with dignity", new research has found.

Despite more free childcare, the cost of having a young family has risen more than a quarter in real terms since 2019, report Jack Simpson and Anna Dowell

Despite more free childcare, the cost of having a young family has risen more than a quarter in real terms since 2019, report Jack Simpson and Anna Dowell

Exclusive: Millions of workers in the UK get just a third of minimum wage if they fall sick, putting financial strain on those with cancer struggling to pay bills

In 2022/23 it was estimated that 4.3 million children live in relative poverty, and this number has risen in recent years. Among those disproportionately i

Ahead of the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy, which promises to bring about “an enduring reduction in child poverty”, this report looks at what might be needed to achieve this welcome goal in the ...

New research reveals a sharp rise in the number of individuals in the UK living in households with incomes below the Minimum Income Standard (MIS).

It shouldn’t be harder to make ends meet at the end of your life. But many people are pushed into poverty after a terminal diagnosis.

Scrapping two-child benefit cap is among levers Rachel Reeves could pull – yet chancellor remains silent on ‘shameful’ levels of poverty

Funded by Marie Curie, this study used data from the UK Household Longitudinal Survey (UKHLS) and Health Survey for England (HSE) to explore the financial and employment impacts of end of life caring ...

As Labour hit six months in government, the sadistic welfare policy was once again in the news - but everyone missed the devastating numbers the anniversary delivered

Like most countries, the UK is ageing – over the past five decades its median age has risen from 34 to 41. This deep demographic trend has all sorts of implications for public policy, not least the ne...

Think tank IPPR North said it is time to ‘turn buses around’ after years of decline.

‘Future homes standard’ will not mandate replacing boilers with environmentally friendly alternative